On the top floor of a western-style three-story apartment building on Baiyuan Road in the French Concession of Shanghai, there were two white men in suits, one of whom was the French ambassador to Lu, Armand, and the other was the American ambassador to China, Jensen. ”

Jensen shook his head solemnly: "This is impossible, the Japanese in other places may be able to turn a blind eye, but the Japanese in Shanghai will never give up to the Chinese, no matter how much they pay, they will fight with the Chinese to the end, because they can't afford to lose Shanghai!" ”

Armand was silent, in fact, he also understood that the Japanese could lose anywhere, except Shanghai, because once Shanghai was lost, it would mean that the Japanese had begun to fall into the disadvantage in this war with China, which was absolutely unacceptable to the arrogant Japanese, and everyone understood that if the Chinese really occupied Shanghai, the Japanese would not mind transferring all the troops in the pass to fight with Su Jin. www.biquge.info But what Armand doesn't understand the most is that since he can see this problem, Su Jin will not know about it, but why does he still attack Shanghai? Even he, who did not understand military affairs, could be sure that there must have been countless Japanese troops pouring into Shanghai by now.

"Alas......" Thinking of this, Armand let out a long sigh.

Since France surrendered to the Germans, its international status has declined rapidly, after all, this world is a world that only recognizes fists, since you have surrendered, then your status is naturally not as good as before, a few days ago there were dozens of Japanese soldiers trying to forcibly break into the French lend-lease, the French soldiers in the French Concession immediately stopped the Japanese soldiers, and the two sides had a confrontation for more than half an hour. The atmosphere on both sides was very tense for a while, and seeing that there was a possibility of misfire at any time, the alarmed Armand hurriedly asked the US Embassy for help, and Jensen hurriedly led a platoon of American soldiers to stop both sides, and warned the Japanese lieutenant who led the team, and the Japanese lieutenant left in a huff.

Through this incident, Armand immediately realized that the Japanese already had plans to attack the French Concession, and today's incident is likely to be a test for the Japanese army, if France retreats, then it is not difficult to guess what will happen next. However, although Armand knew the plans of the Japanese, but he did not have a little way, the French troops in the French Concession were only more than 300 people, only equivalent to the strength of a battalion, this point of strength was not enough for the Japanese to even plug their teeth, if the Japanese really wanted to attack the French Concession, Armand could only stare dryly, and now the reason why the Japanese did not immediately attack the French Concession was just to take into account the reaction of the Americans, but only God knows how long this estimate can last.

Looking at Armand's sad face, Jensen understood what he was feeling, he thought about it and said: "Armand, you also know the current situation, it is very difficult for France to maintain the status of the Shanghai Concession, and the Japanese will not sit idly by and watch such a big piece of fat, although the Japanese have not officially started yet, this is just because they don't have time to attack you now, and when the Third Army retreats, the Japanese can free up their hands to attack you, So I think you might as well offer to hand over the lease to the Japanese for the time being, so that you can also avoid conflict. ”

"Absolutely not!" Armand shook his head and said categorically: "I am the consul appointed by the French government in Lu, and without the government's order, I will not transfer the French Concession to the Japanese even if I die!" ”

"Okay!" Jensen shook his head helplessly, looking at Armand's expression, he knew that what he had just said was in vain.

Armand continued: "Now that the offensive of the Third Army is so fierce, the Japanese cannot care about the French Concession, although it is unlikely that the Chinese will completely conquer Shanghai, but I think I can still provide some help to the Chinese." ”

"Oh......" Jensen looked at Armand in surprise......

Armand said so, and did so, as he spoke to Jensen, when a man dressed in ordinary clothes, led by an officer, came to the headquarters where Huang Weiguo was.

Huang Weiguo looked at the white man in his thirties in front of him, wearing a common black suit, a top hat on his head, and a standard professional smile on his face, only to see him bow his head slightly and say in standard Chinese: "Hello distinguished general, I am Basille, counselor of the French Consulate in Lu, and I have come to send you information on the order of our Consul Armand." ”

"Intelligence?" Huang Weiguo was stunned, and then asked with some amusement: "What information do you have for us, is it the Japanese army's defense map in Shanghai?" ”

I saw Basil say seriously: "Your Excellency, you are right, I came here this time to send you the Japanese defense map." ”

"Uh......" As soon as Basille's words came out, Huang Weiguo, Zhang Danian behind him, and a group of staff officers were stunned.

Just when they were stunned, Basille took off his top hat, took out a map from it and handed it to Huang Weiguo, Huang Weiguo took the map and looked at it, and found that in this map, the French marked the fortifications, defenders, and weapon models and other information arranged by the Japanese in Shanghai at a glance, almost no different from the Japanese headquarters' defense map.

Looking at this map of the distribution of Japanese defenders, Huang Weiguo swallowed his spit and asked, "Is this map real?" Where did you get it? ”

"Of course it's true, God can testify." Basille nodded and said proudly, "You don't have to doubt the authenticity of this defense map, and please trust the power of the French government in Shanghai." ”

Facing Basil's proud look, Huang Weiguo nodded silently. Since the establishment of the French Concession in 1845, the French have been operating in Shanghai for 75 years, and their influence in Shanghai is naturally deep-rooted.

Handing the map to the staff officer behind him, Huang Weiguo nodded: "Mr. Basil, please pass it on to Consul Armand, and say that we appreciate his kindness, and we will try our best to kill more Japanese to repay his kindness." ”

"Thank you for your understanding, and I will convey your intentions to Your Excellency the Consul." Seeing Huang Weiguo accept the deployment map of the Japanese army in Shanghai, a smile appeared on Basil's face, "General Huang, since the map has been handed over to you, then I have to say goodbye, goodbye!" ”

"Walk slowly!"

Huang Weiguo politely sent Basil to the door, and then returned to the headquarters. When he entered the headquarters, he saw more than a dozen staff officers crowded by the wall, looking at the defense map hanging on the wall, everyone was looking at it while discussing something in a low voice, seeing Huang Weiguo's arrival, everyone hurriedly got out of the way, Zhang Danian pointed to the map and said to Huang Weiguo: "Old Huang, you see, the Japanese are determined to defend Shanghai, and now Fujita Jin, the old devil, has shrunk all his forces in the area of Zhabei and the public concession, and the Japanese have arranged a large number of Ming Forts, Hidden Forts and machine gun bunkers in various streets, and even a lot of anti-tank guns, In a place like Shanghai, we must not use heavy artillery or planes to bomb as unscrupulously as we did in the Hongqiao airport, after all, there are millions of people in Shanghai, so if we carry out a strong attack, I am afraid that the casualties will be very large. ”

Huang Weiguo also thought about this problem, and said without thinking: "If the infantry alone wants to take the position held by the Japanese army, the casualties will naturally be huge, but we can let the first tank regiment take the lead and let the infantry assist the tanks in attacking, so that the difficulty will naturally not be so great." ”

Zhang Danian hesitated for a moment before saying: "This is naturally possible, but the information provided by the French shows that the Japanese have arranged a large number of anti-aircraft guns here, and I am afraid that our No. 4 tank will suffer in this kind of terrain, after all, the limitations of the tank in the street battle are too great, and there is no way to hide." Before coming, Commander Su instructed us that the purpose of this attack on Shanghai is mainly to show our military strength to the rest of the world, and to show the people our determination to resist the war. ”

"yes!" Huang Weiguo also frowned, the tank regiment led by Adele was the main force of the First Armored Division, and it was also the armored force that Su Jin had worked so hard to train, if the damage was too great in this kind of place, he would not be able to explain it to Su Jin.

Just as Huang Weiguo was frowning and thinking, a voice sounded at the door: "Report, the commander of the heavy tank battalion of the guard regiment, Xiao Chengqing, was ordered to come to report......

Just when Huang Weiguo was about to command the troops to attack the downtown area of Shanghai, the whole of Shanghai began to boil.

"The national army is back!"

"Do you know that our national army has occupied Hongqiao Airport, and hundreds of thousands of troops are about to leave for Shanghai in the near future!"

Although the Japanese tried their best to block the news, the people saw that the Japanese soldiers began to build fortifications and set up barricades and machine gun bunkersLittle Japan, you also have today.

At seven o'clock in the morning of October 5, when the people of the French Concession woke up from their sleep to prepare for a new day, many people heard a sound of metal grinding accompanied by the sound of engines on the street, and when the people opened their windows and went out to follow the sound, they saw a mighty tank painted gray in the far side of the street, and around the tank marched a soldier wearing a gray German military uniform, wearing an M35-type steel helmet that they had only appeared in the nightmare, and a rifle in his hand.

After seeing this scene, many Jews who had fled to Shanghai turned pale with fright, and the nightmares they had experienced in Germany a few years ago instantly welled up in their hearts, and countless people rushed into the house screaming and about to get their luggage and prepare to flee.

At that moment, the Jews, who were about to flee, heard a burst of cheers from the street, which were so violent that they almost tore off the roofs of the street. When the trembling Jews peeked out again, they found that there were still eye-catching blue sky and white sun flags painted on both sides of the tanks, and those M35 helmets were all Asian faces, and they knew that this was an army of Chinese people and not the German army that gave them nightmares.

While the Jews were so frightened that their livers were fluttering, the whole French Concession was already in a revelry. Countless people poured into the streets to watch the national army that they hadn't seen for several years, and it had been three years, and since the Battle of Songhu, this army holding high the banner of the blue sky and white sun has reappeared in front of the people's eyes, and this army still looks so mighty. The tanks in the front row are so tall and majestic, the soldiers of the national army behind the tanks are also so energetic, and the weapons in their hands are also so sophisticated.

I don't know when a huge blue sky and white sun flag stretched out from a window, as if it was a signal, and more blue sky and white sun flags stretched out on both sides of the street, one on two sides and three on three sides...... Soon the streets were full of blue sky and white sun flags, and no one expected that there would be so many people in the French Concession secretly hiding the Chinese national flag in their homes.

On the top floor of a building, Armand stood on the roof of the building and quietly watched the Chinese army passing through the street, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes. The counselor who sent the letter to Huang Weiguo, Basil, stood behind him and asked puzzledly: "Mr. Consul, shall we just let the Chinese pass through our concession, if the Chinese cannot win this battle, I am afraid that the Japanese will attack us." ”

Armand snorted lightly: "The Japanese have already attacked us, have you forgotten that the Japanese army wanted to enter our concession a few days ago, although this matter was because of the addition of the Americans, the Japanese had to retreat, but can you guarantee that there will be no next time?" We must not beg the Americans every time, you must know that our France has become a defeated country, and this lease will be lost sooner or later, and it is better to let the Chinese pass than to give it to the Japanese for nothing, so that they can sell them a favor. ”

"Yes...... But can the Chinese beat the Japanese? Counsellor Basile was skeptical about this.

"I don't care if the Chinese can win against the Japanese, now as long as it can cause chaos to the Japanese, I am willing to do it, if possible, I am even willing to hand over the only infantry battalion to the Chinese to attack the Japanese position, what is it to make way for them." A cold glint appeared in Armand's eyes...... (To be continued.) )